Tunnel Trail -- Santa Barbara, California

This last Sunday, six of us shuttled to the top of the mountain and
headed down Tunnel Trail, the most continuously difficult single track
in Santa Barbara. We'd tried Tunnel various times before–usually in
brutal heat–and always had to walk around sections. It took us 4 hours,
and multiple tries on several crux sections, but this time we rode the
whole enchilada, top to bottom. Unfortunately for me, I took a bad fall
near the bottom and broke a bone in my thumb (doc said today I'd be
fine in 3 weeks). That was after Jess almost busted his femur (we
thought he did) and Josh wrenched his ankle, but before Hans ground his
knee down to the wood and Chris got a pedal bite as though a polar bear
took a swipe at him. The boys were really going for it! Amazingly,
Eyal and Dennis rode away unscathed. Here's a few pics:

http://tinyurl.com/dfwn6


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http://tinyurl.com/dfwn6


Here's the proper link. Sorry.


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Man, trying to post a link to those share sites is horrendous.

Try this one:

http://tinyurl.com/7h8pw


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Sweet. I live in SB. How hot was it in the mountains? Regularly it was
only about 70-75.


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Hey Largo, neither link works. Maybe the album's not shared? Not sure
what's up...

That was the most awesome ride I've had to date, and my ankles were
fine for once. I didn't even come close to tweaking them, even though
I repeatedly took some of the biggest drops of my MUni career...I think
Dennis got a few wrenchers, though.

Hope the thumb heals quick!

will: Temps were around 80 at the top. You should ride with us!


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The second link to the photos works for me just fine, as long as I log
on to snapfish first. Man, those photos are awesome! Props to Alex for
taking them!

I have to say, I had the best time on that ride. Who'd a thought we
could roll the whole damn thing? There was really just one (4 ft) drop
that I shied away from. Amazingly, Josh, Dennis, and Chris rolled
right off it with ease - and they have a lot fewer hours of muni'ing
under their belt. Yeh you all sustained a lot of injuries, but man,
you earned em! How's the soreness? Somehow, I woke up today not sore
at all! What a pleasant surprise. Guess I'll have to work harder next
time.

The group as a whole has gotten a lot better. I've even seen visible
improvement since muni weekend. Hans is now choosing whatever line he
wants, instead of letting the line choose him. John is connecting
separate pieces together better than ever, and rolling things that used
to be much easier to hop. Josh and Dennis have improved their rolling
at least threefold in the past 2 months. Very solid. Jess and Chris
are taking bigger risks than ever, and this has led Chris to finally
contemplate leg guards. What a concept! Can't wait for the next ride.
John I'm not letting you come unless you wear a boxing glove.


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here are my (few) pics of the Tunnel ride:

http://tinyurl.com/9crqf


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God, that was a great ride, perfect day and great group
Almost everyone polished off their 3 liter camelbacks before getting to
the bottom (except camel eyal) who had plenty left and shared what he
had left with thirsty riders.
When first setting one wheel on Tunnel less then two years ago I was
only able to do about a quarter of it and never thought we'd be riding
it all
We'll definitely be up there again this winter, for more riding and
less bloodletting, I can't believe I got injured 50 feet from the
parking lot!
The best knee scrape I ever got, I'll be nursing that baby for a few
days
I also could not log on to the fish pics, I'll have to get some tech
advise from Eyal

Hans


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way cool. i'm jealous!

-corbin


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Okay, here's a couple of other ways to get the pictures John linked
above.

Try this link to the Snapfish album:
http://tinyurl.com/72jdg

I posted the same thumbnails in my gallery:
http://tinyurl.com/ak9uk

You can get full-resolution image downloads and prints by purchasing
them from Snapfish.

Looking at those gave me a huge urge to ride more trails. Especially
that single picture of me kicking up some serious dirt. Hats off to
the photographer, Alex Armitage. Those are some nice shots.

Back to work...


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